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[Mills]

Congratulations! Hope it doesn't take too much to get her fixed up

[J.B. Books]

Originally Posted by charlie cleveland

well i picked the gun up this evening..it is a 10 ga with 30 inch barrels it is hammerless and has a fishtail opening lever..the grade is n the serial no is69388 the frame is a 3 definaly the barrels are marked 7 lbs 10 ounce..i weighed the gun it weighs 11 lbs 8 ounces.. well the gun shoots but comes unbreached when fired..it is off faceabout 6 thousands i put a piece of paper in the roll pin it tightened it up..i lubed up the part that catches the barrelsand locks gun up now the gun will not fasten shut at all..the trigger guard screw that goes up to the tang is stripped..the gun is gona need some help for sure..and the bottom floor plate has been peened on with a hammer...other than that shes all there i bet the ole gal has killed her share of ducks... any body got any idea s on on makeing the barrel catch work again..also the left barrel is real hair trigger and will fire even with safety on..but the right barrel functions ok...even with all these issues i m pround i found this old gun...well she aint a 8 but she is a pretty heavy ten ..i bet the end of the barrels are 80 thosents thick...barrells have the little mark at the end of barrels so do not appear to have ever been cut..will take pictures soon i sure wanted to take this jewel turkey hunting this saturday but shes gona need a lot of work before she gets to go...charlie

That sounds like a beast of 30" barrel 10ga, sure won't kick much. That must be close to a record weight for 3 frame 30" barrel stampings. The gun has some issues from the sounds of it but nothing that can't be fixed, it is 123 years old so some issues are to be expected. I'll bet some of the mechanical issues are due to crud in the action. When you get it fixed do you have someone to carry it for you?

[Mills]

My NH has a fishtail toplever too. NH's are great working Parkers

[charlie cleveland]

i took the old n grade apart this evening..heres what i found so far a bad oil soaked stock 2 screws missing in the latching very small..this are the screw that hold the linkage that the top lever open s and shuts the barrel with...lots of crud in the action for sure...also one very small piece came out i ve never seen before.may need help on this piece if it actually go to a parker...the hair trigger is still in question i have not seen anything yet that should cause it to be so touchy...well i ve got 2 find some screws i m just gona take my time and fix this ole gal rite... hey pete your probably rite about these being the heaviest barrels on a three frame gun...and just 30 inches of barrel...but thomas still got me beat by a whole lot about 2 lbs worth...now who s got a extra pair oif them screws to sell...charlie

[Chris T.]

The safety probably doesn't work because of the stripped screw. The distance between the upper and lower tangs is critical and if that screw doesn't tighten up, the safety block won't come down far enough.

[ED J, MORGAN]

Charlie, I have lots of Parker screws. Are you going to the Southern Shoot this month? I will bring my box of screws. Ed

[charlie cleveland]

can not make it to the southern but i sure wish i could. i would really enjoy meeting ever body..thanks for the offer on the screws..brian is fixing me up with the screws..i don t no why but this old gun really intrigues me.. the barrel weight for a 3 frame still puzzles me i have a ph 10 ga 3 frame with 32 inch barrels and it only weighs 6-6...the n grade are 30 inches and not cut and go 7-10.. ...charlie

[wayne goerres]

Apparently someone at Parker didn't feel like draw filing barrels on the day your gun was made.

[charlie cleveland]

your probably right about that the gun musta been made about friday evening about quiting time..charlie

[wayne goerres]

Hey Charley. Why don't you try weighing your barrels and see if it matches the stamped weight on the barrels. I am just curious.